Search Results for “vision” – Embracing Followership

Leadership: Access, Not Vision

August 30, 2017September 28, 2017 by A.H., posted in reflections, study03, study05

If vision isn’t one of the distinctives of leadership, then what element separates out the leadership role from followership?

Inspiration: A Vision of the Possible

August 18, 2015August 24, 2016 by A.H., posted in inspiration

As I recount in the introduction to Embracing Followership, the journey of formulating and capturing my thoughts on followership launched in 2011, after reading a book entitled A Vision of the Possible. A brief comment by the author indicated that we have plenty of books on leadership, but that we really need a book on how … Continue reading Inspiration: A Vision of the Possible

Mission to Multiplication

July 8, 2020 by A.H., posted in reflections, study04, study05

Where are the links and kinks in your chain?

Follower-Focused Servant Leadership, Part 2

June 24, 2020 by A.H., posted in reflections, study05, study07

What does your service look like? Tennis player? Auto mechanic? Scapegoat? Model?

The Language of Followership

May 27, 2020 by A.H., posted in analogies, excerpt, reflections, study03, study07, study10, study12

Words matter. Malcolm Gladwell says so.

Followers can be Multipliers

March 26, 2020 by A.H., posted in reflections, study01, study12

Key to exponential growth: followers and leaders both multiplying each other.

Following with a Limp

March 20, 2020 by A.H., posted in reflections, study07, study09

How do we limp? How will we lean? How will we do so together?

Avenues of Influence

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by A.H., posted in reflections, study03, study12

How are you traveling along the Avenues of Influence?

Can you see clearly now?

October 11, 2019 by A.H., posted in reflections, study01, study04, study12

As a leader, are you hogging the road to vision?

Leading to Follow

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 by A.H., posted in reflections

How are elevator rides the key to unlocking the purpose of leadership?

A Followership View of Servant Leadership: Afterword & Action

September 6, 2019 by A.H., posted in reflections, study06, study08, study12

Greenleaf guides us toward commitment: for change and for choice.

A Followership View of Servant Leadership: Ch 11 & 12

August 26, 2019September 6, 2019 by A.H., posted in reflections, study02, study06, study12

We can hardly go wrong with Greenleaf’s final thoughts: pursuing growth and exerting influence.

“Immediately after reading the introduction to the book, I knew I was in for a treat, and that this book would really help me in where I’m currently working…. This book was written not merely to inform the follower, but to equip him as well…. This book intends to be comprehensive in nature, addressing how the follower … Continue reading Zach Barnhart, blogger

― Zach Barnhart, blogger

“For the sake of our personal lives, our companies, our churches, our organizations, our cities, our nation, and our world, we need more and more people (a vast majority in fact) who are not only willing to embrace their role as followers, but to thrive in their role. This book helps lay down the tracks … Continue reading Mark Oshman, blogger

― Mark Oshman, blogger

“Allen Hamlin writes on followership with an elevating language that imbues this form of relationship with service, grace, and individuality. A very welcome addition to the growing literature on followership.”

― Ira Chaleff, author, The Courageous Follower

“The genius of Allen’s approach and treatment of this subject of ‘followership’ is that each of us is a follower in some way in almost every aspect of our lives. This is a thoughtful exploration and consideration of what it means to excel as a follower, which is essential for all of us to enhance … Continue reading Duane E. Okamoto, senior attorney, Microsoft

― Duane E. Okamoto, senior attorney, Microsoft

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